Although the CPC vests on a private citizen the power of arresting any person who in his presence commits a cognisable offence or who has been proclaimed as an offender, or who is running away and whom he reasonably suspects of having committed a cognisable offence it also casts upon the individual making such an arrest a corresponding duty, to hand over the suspects without unnecessary delay to the nearest peace officer or in his absence to the nearest police station.
Aunque el CEC confiere a todo ciudadano privado la facultad de detener a una persona que en su presencia cometa un delito o haya sido declarada culpable de un delito o intente escapar y de quien se sospeche razonablemente que ha cometido un delito, impone también a la persona que realiza la detención la correspondiente obligación de entregar a los sospechosos sin demora innecesaria al funcionario de paz más cercano o en su ausencia a la comisaría de policía más cercana.